Bathing-shoe



S. W. LUNDIN ANU FR'LEDMAN.

BATHING suoi'.

APPLICATION EILED OCT. 24, 1919.

1,335,287. I Patent@ Manga-1920.

"changes may be made in the size and pro-l SQL W. LUHDIN AND JSEPH FEEEDIVIAN, 0F NEW? Y'-K, Ril, Y.

BTHING-SHE.

Leanser..

specification of Leners raient. Patented Mar. 3d, 1920@ .lipplieation iiled October 2li, 1919. Serial No. 333,107.

To @ZZ whom t may concer-a.

Be it known that We, Son YV. LUNDIN and JOSEPH FRIEDMAN, citizens of the `United States and Russia, respectively, and residentso the city oi' New York, in lthe county and State of New York,.have invented certain newand useful Improvements in BathingShoes,of which the following is a specification. l

rlhe present invention relates to bathing shoes, having -a fabric upperand sole of leather 0r other suitable -material 'secured thereto by marginal stitches.

Ilhe main object ot' the invention is to provide a shoe of this character, wherein. a flat, unmol'ded sole is attached in such a manner to the upper that the seam, uniting the sole and upper,vis prevented from being out by sand or rough surfaces traversed by the wearer.

Another object ofthe invention is to so arrange the seam that it is disposed Wholly outside oit the upper, so as not to incon venience the wearer, the arrangement being such that the seam is entirely concealed from View.

A still further object of the invention is to so construct the seam that it prevents sand from gaining access to the shoe.

lVith these and other' objects in view, which Will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many portion of the several parts and details of construction Within-the scope of the appendedl claims Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Glue or the many possible embodiments oi the inventijon is illustrated in the accompanying dra-wings, in which Figure l/is a side elevation of a shoe constructed in accordance lwith the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of a portion of the shoe, on` a larger scale.

leiierring to the' drawings, the numeral i0 designates the upperot the shoe, which be di any suitable l1 ie, 'for instance 5" ole is cut :dat trein n y. ii 1t being connected along its edge by a line of stitches 1Q with the upper, said line of stitches servingy at the saine time to attach to the two elements mentioned a strip 13 of flexible leather or othersuitable material;

The three. elements are united by a single operation, after which the strip is turned back upon itself, itsiipper edge being served to the upper l() by aline of stitches, ind1- cated at 14. By turning the strip 13 back' upon itself, the seam l5, that is 'formed by uniting the three elements of the sh0e is turned upward, as clearly shown in Fig.-

2' of the drawings, and thereby placed between the upper andthe istrip 13. ln this manner the said seam is concealed from view, is protected from. being cut by sand or rough surfaces traversed by the wearer,

and does not cause ineonifenience to the Wearef, the foot coming into Contact with the upper only, as the upper is disposed between the foot and the isai seam.

The bathing shoe or slipper herein den scribed may be manufactured on a commercia-l scale, or in other words it is not so difiicult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article, and yet it is strong and durable in use, and has its upper united with the other elements of the shoe along two parallel lines, so` that the said upper has no tendency te rip or break away from the sole.

l. A bathingshoe comprising a fiat unmolded sole, an upper, and a separate strip of material having one edge stitched to said sole and upper and having its other edge .secured to said upper only, the seam formed by stitching together said sole, upper and strip beingdisposed outside of saidupper and concealed from view by said strip.

2. A bathing shoe comprising. a fiat unmolded sole, an upper, and a separate strip 

